Governor Ahmad Aliyu lauded the federal government’s intervention, noting that the livestock service centre would complement state-led agricultural reforms.
“The incident was not intentional. It was a mistake that happened during an operation targeting criminal elements in the area on a quite calculated plan,” Mr Aneke said.
The Nigerian Army had neutralised 13 suspected bandits and recovered their weapons in the Tarah and Karawa communities.
The governor said no fewer than 20,000 persons were expected to be fed in each centre daily until the end of Ramadan fasting.
The CDS stressed that the military is committed to eradicating all criminal elements in the country.
The coalition said that at present, a committee was verifying the cases and currently working with the state government to finalise their payments
The defendant had pleaded not guilty to the charge and remanded in correctional centre custody.
The federal government has handed over 12,367 bags of rice to the Sokoto government as palliative measures to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal.
Mr Binji said that the Sokoto State Governor Ahmad Aliyu had already signed into law the Persons with Disabilities Act
Mr Aliyu decried that the local government officials diverted the funds provided as stipends to the state workers during the Sallah holidays.
